All are beloved fictional baseball characters found through the decades within Japanese comic books, the artform now known ...

Japanese anime director Mamoru Hosoda's latest film ... Hosoda still prefers drawing by hand. At Hosoda's studio, traditional anime techniques live on. Solomon feels this old-fashioned approach ...

One of the most compelling aspects of Japanese anime is its ability to merge thrilling action with deep spiritual and ethical questions. Anime often explores spiritual and philosophical questions by ...

Japanese anime and manga have become extremely popular overseas, and enthusiasts are also showing a strong interest in interim products, such as animation cels. Original drawings by famous manga ...

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Despite the growing global popularity of Japanese media, there hasn’t been a state-led system to archive art and ephemera created during the production of anime and manga—until now—leaving ...

Visitors from Australia say they are glad anime is now more mainstream. The industry also provides a huge boost for tourism, drawing fans to Japan in large numbers. But on the other side of the ...

Anime often explores spiritual and philosophical questions by drawing on Japan’s religious traditions to examine themes of fate, self-sacrifice and the struggle between desire and duty.